Improvement in stair-rods



E. 1. SMITH.

improvement in Stair Rod s No. 121,431, Patented Nov. 28,1871.

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IMPROVEMENT IN STAlR-RODS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,431, dated November28, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELDRIDGE J. SMITH, of Washington city, county ofWashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements inStair-Rods, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a triangular stair-rod of required length,composed of wood, at each end of which is fastened a piece of metal, thesame being secured to the top, or that side formin g the hypothenuse ofthe triangle, which serves as an ornament and to secure the rod to thestairs. This plate is formed With a shoulder which projects at rightangles over the end of the rod so as to cover it, and at its lower endan arm projects outwardly at right angles. At the end of this arm a slotis formed, but not extending so far as to be flush with the shoulders.The standards which serve to secure the rod at each end are armed with ahead or cap projecting at right angles. The invention consists in thepeculiar-shaped plates fitting a triangular rod and secured by a turningscrew-hook.

Figure 1. is a top view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe plate fitting over the top and ends of the rod. Fig. 3 is a standardwith the cap or head projecting at right anles. g A is the'triangularrod formed of wood, with the plates B B secured to each end; 0, shoulderof the plate projecting over the end of the rod. An arm, D, extends atright angles and outwardly, and is provided with a slot, E, of size forthe standard F to fit in it. This standard has an arm projecting atright angles, forming an arm, G, in Fig. 3, which, screwed into theangles of the stair on each end and the rod adjusted to it, can beturned so the said arm G will point inwardly. The arm catches on theupper side of the plate between the inner edge of the slot and theshoulder 0. It will then be seen that the standard may be secured at oneside and need not be readjusted in fastening the rod, but the standardat the opposite side, by being turned so that the arm G will pointoutwardly, will allow the standard to slip into the slot; after which,by turning the same, will cause the arm G to point inwardly, asaforesaid, will secure the rod to its position in the angles of thestair. If desired, the slots E E may be dispensed with, as the rod,fitting snugly in the angles of the stair, Will be held in its placewithout being held in position by the sides forming the slot.

The surface of the rod forming the hypothenuse of the triangle willadmit of various ornamental designs of metal or other material to besecured.

I claim as my invention The triangular rod A provided with theshouldered arm D secured by the rotary screw-hook G, all arranged asdescribed.

ELDRIDGE J. SMITH.

